Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack release for the thriller Safe House. The album includes the original score by composer Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Clash of the Titans). The soundtrack release date has been pushed back two weeks since our previous announcement and is now scheduled for February 21, 2012. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon. Safe House directed by Daniel Espinosa and starring Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga, Liam Cunningham, Brendan Gleeson, Robert Patrick and Sam Shepard will be released on February 10 by Universal Pictures.
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Randy Newman’s ‘Toy Story 3’ Soundtrack Released on CD
Intrada Records has announced a CD release of the soundtrack for Pixar’s Academy Award-winning hit sequel Toy Story 3. The film’s music is written by Randy Newman. The soundtrack featuring both the film’s score and the songs We Belong Together and the Spanish-language version of You’ve Got A Friend In Me has previously only been available as a digital release from Walt Disney Records. To order the CD version and listen to audio clips, visit Intrada’s online store. Toy Story 3 directed by Lee Unkrich was 2010’s highest grossing movie in the US. The film was nominated for five Oscars and received the award in the Best Animated Feature Film category, as well as for Newman’s title song.
‘Footnote’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records will be releasing the soundtrack album for the Israeli drama Footnote. The album includes the original score from the movie written by Amit Poznansky. The soundtrack will be released in the US on February 21, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Footnote is written and directed by Joseph Cedar (Beaufort) and centers on the rivalry between a father and son, both eccentric professors in Talmudic Studies. The film premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it received the Best Screenplay award and has also been shortlisted in the Best Foreign Language Film category as Israel’s entry for this year’s Academy Awards. Sony Pictures Classics has picked up domestic rights and is releasing the film in New York and Los Angeles on March 9, 2012.
‘The Woman in Black’ Soundtrack Announced
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack release for the gothic horror thriller The Woman in Black. The album includes the original score by composer Marco Beltrami. The soundtrack is currently scheduled to be released on March 27, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. (UPDATE: February 2012): The album is also coming out digitally on February 7. Audio clips can be checked out below. The Woman in Black is directed by James Watkins (Eden Lake) and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Sophie Stuckey and Liz White. The thriller centers on a young lawyer who travels to a remote village in England to tend to a deceased client’s papers and soon begins to discover town’s terrible secrets. The movie will be released nationwide on February 3, 2012 by CBS Films.
‘W.E.’ Soundtrack Details
Interscope Records will be releasing the official soundtrack album for Madonna’s drama W.E. The album features the original score from the movie composed by Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man) who received a Golden Globe nomination for his music. Also included on the soundtrack is the Golden Globe-winning song Masterpiece, performed and co-written by Madonna. The album will be released digitally on January 31, 2012 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips from all tracks on the soundtrack. W.E. starring Andrea Riseborough, Abbie Cornish, Natalie Dormer, Richard Coyle, Oscar Isaac and James D’Arcy received an Oscar-qualifying run last month and is set for a release in select cities on February 3.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 20, 2012)
Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is action horror sequel Underworld Awakening directed by Mans Marlin & Bjorn Stein and starring Kate Beckinsale, Sandrine Holt, Michael Ealy and India Eisley. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack featuring the movie’s songs by artists including Evanescence, Linkin Park, The Cure, Ministry and Lacuna Coil this past Tuesday (click here for our announcement). A separate soundtrack album featuring the film’s original score by Paul Haslinger and three more songs will be released next Tuesday (click here for the full details and audio clips).
Also opening nationwide is the George Lucas-produced WWII drama Red Tails directed by Anthony Hemingway stars Cuba Gooding, Jr., Terrence Howard and Bryan Cranston. Terence Blanchard has written the score for the film. Sony Classical has released the official soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music digitally earlier this week and the CD version is scheduled to come out next month. Audio clips and more information can be checked out in our previous news article. For an audio interview with Blanchard talking about his first collaboration with Lucas, visit Scorenotes.
‘Black Gold’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande has revealed the details of the soundtrack album for Jean-Jacques Annaud’s epic drama Black Gold. The album includes the original music from the film composed by James Horner who collaborated with the director before on The Name of the Rose and Enemy at the Gates. The album will be released on February 14, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Black Gold starring Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Tahar Rahim, Freida Pinto and Liya Kebede tells the story of the rivalry between two Emirs in Arabia in the 1930’s just as oil is being discovered. The film opened in France last November and is being released in other European markets over the next couple of weeks. No domestic distribution deal and release date have been announced yet.
Clint Mansell’s ‘Last Night’ Score to Be Released
Clint Mansell has revealed today that Milan Records will be releasing the soundtrack album for the drama Last Night on March 27, 2012. The movie starring Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington and Eva Mendes opened last May in the US and is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD. Listen to the song Not at Home by Mansell and Peter Broderick from the film after the jump. The full soundtrack details are expected to be announced soon. The composer also announced that he will doing his first ever live shows in the US on April 4 & 5 at the Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles, CA. Along with the Sonus Quartet, Mansell will perform selections from the Last Night score, as well as his other works which includes scores for films directed by Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain).
Lucas Vidal’s ‘Mientras Duermes’ Score Released
Quartet Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Spanish horror thriller Mientras duermes (Sleep Tight). The album includes the original score by Spanish composer Lucas Vidal (Vanishing on 7th Street) who appears to be having his breakout year in Hollywood in 2012 with two high profile movies coming out this spring, including James McTeigue’s The Raven starring John Cusack and The Cold Light of Day starring Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver. The score for Mientras duermes was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. The soundtrack album is available to order on Quartet Records’ website as an import and on Screen Archives in the US. The movie is directed by Jaume Balgueró ([Rec] and [Rec] 2) and stars Luis Tosar (who just received a Goya Award nomination for his lead performance) and Marta Etura.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 13, 2012)
Three movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the thriller Contraband directed by Baltasar Kormakur and starring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Lukas Haas, Giovanni Ribisi, Diego Luna and J.K. Simmons. Clinton Shorter (District 9) has written the music for the film. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the movie’s songs performed by J Roddy Walston and the Business, Eli “Paperboy” Reed and The True Loves, Ryan Shaw, The Heavy and Big Head Todd & The Monsters. For the full soundtrack details and to listen to audio clips, visit our previous article.
Also coming out this weekend is the gospel-choir comedy Joyful Noise written and directed by Todd Graff and stars Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Kris Kristofferson, Courtney B. Vance and Jesse L. Martin. The film’s score is written by Mervyn Warren who also arranged and produced the film’s songs performed by the cast. Watertower Music has released a soundtrack featuring the songs, as well as a score suite. For audio clips and more information, visit our soundtrack announcement.